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© Mr Anthony Chapman
IoE Number:
91979
Location:
LUNDY SOUTH LIGHTHOUSE INCLUDING ENGINE HOUSE AND ACCOMODATION BLOCK,
LUNDY, TORRIDGE, DEVON
Photographer:
Mr Anthony Chapman
Date Photographed:
03 May 2005
Date listed:
07 October 1991
Date of last amendment:
07 October 1991
Grade
II
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LUNDY
SS14SW Lundy South Lighthouse incl. Engine
1938-0/2/3 House and Accom block.
II
Lighthouse. 1897 for Trinity House. Granite, rendered and
blocked out. Flat roof behind parapets. Circular tower with
single storey square engine room attached on south east side
and covered passage on north west side leading to rectangular
plan single storey accommodation block on higher ground
level.
Exterior: Squat slight tapered round tower with small windows
and large cornice with cast-iron balustrade and large
lattice-glazed lantern with weathervane on tope of
cylindrical ventilator. Attached to the south east side of
the tower is the later single storey engine room. On the
north west side a covered passage ramps up to the
accommodation block on higher ground level. The passage and
accommodation block have stepped cornice and blocking course
concealing flat roof. Sash windows with glazing bars and
plank doors.
Interior: not inspected.
Note: The South and Lundy North Lighthouses (qv) were built
when the Old Lighthouse (qv) was abandoned in 1897, because
it was often obscured by fog, being so high above sea level.
The 52ft tower stands only 175ft above sea level. Some of
the equipment from the Old Lighthouse was dismantled and
reused in the South Lighthouse, but it was all replaced in
1962. (Lighthouses, Their Architecture, History and
Archaeology:D.B. Hague and R. Christie; Lundy:A and M
Langham).